For 250 years, government has been a generous supporter of acquisitions by public collections, but it can no longer do so alone.

He was a generous supporter of good causes through the charitable foundation he established.

His wife, a generous supporter of classical music and good causes, died in 2005.

He raised and raced horses, organised athletic carnivals, and was a generous supporter of charities, churches, and schools.

Soon, she became known by the neighborhood as a generous supporter of the poor and the sick.